22nd December 2016
Former member of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, STEPHEN PEOVER has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors of Ulster Orchestra. He succeeds SIR GEORGE BAIN, who has retired after five years in post.
Independent curator THERESA BERGNE has joined arts and health consultancy Willis Newson as Associate Curator. She is joined by artist MONIQUE JIVRAM, who has been appointed Project Manager.
SOPHIE CORNELL, currently Exhibitions Manager at British Council, is to become Programmer of Talks and Events at the National Theatre. She will continue in her part-time role as Executive Producer of Undercurrent.
After five years as Arts & Cultural Development Officer at Scottish Refugee Council, SUZI MACIVER is to leave to take up the role of Creative Events Producer with Renfrewshire Council.
15th December 2016
Currently Director of The Holburne Museum, Bath, JENNIFER SCOTT is to become Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery from April 2017. She will take over from IAN A C DEJARDIN, who departs after 12 years in post.
HELEN SHUTE, formerly Executive Director and a Founder of Hofesh Shechter Company, will become Chief Executive and Executive Producer at Rambert from March 2017. She replaces NADIA STERN, who is leaving in January.
FRANCK BORDESE, previously Executive Director for Siobhan Davies Dance Company, is to become Executive Director at Luca Silvestrini’s Protein from January 2017.
WOODROW KERNOHAN, Director and CEO of EVA International since 2011, is become Director of the John Hansard Gallery. He will succeed Professor STEPHEN FOSTER, who is to retire at the end of April 2017 after 30 years in the role.
ADRIAN HARRIS is to retire as Chief Executive of Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, at the end of December after 14 years in the role.
The Royal Northern College of Music has appointed DR JOHN HABRON (pictured), previously Senior Lecturer in Music at Coventry University, as Head of Music Education. He is joined by ROBERT GARDINER, who becomes Assistant Head of Music Education (PGCE).